Kieron Morris

Not to be confused with Kieran Morris.

Kieron Morris

Personal information
Full name	Kieron Morris [1]
Date of birth	(1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 30) [2]
Place of birth	Hereford, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Tranmere Rovers
Number	7
Youth career
0000	Leominster Minors
0000	Hereford
0000	→ Manchester United (loan)
0000	Walsall
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2019	Walsall	143	(15)
2013	→ Worcester City (loan)	8	(1)
2013–2014	→ Leamington (loan)	4	(0)
2015	→ Wrexham (loan)	9	(2)
2018-2019	→ Tranmere Rovers (loan)	14	(1)
2019–	Tranmere Rovers	170	(23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:09, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Kieron Morris (born 3 June 1994) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Tranmere Rovers.

Career

Morris was born in Hereford and grew up in Leominster, Herefordshire. Part of the Hereford United Centre of Excellence, he played youth football for local club Leominster Minors before being spotted by Manchester United's scouting network. Morris trialled with Manchester United frequently over a few years, but a contract offer never materialised. He eventually began his career with Walsall and made his professional debut on 28 August 2013 in a 3–1 defeat against Stoke City in the Football League Cup. ^[3]

During the 2012–13 season Morris spent time on loan at Conference North club Worcester City, making eight appearances and scoring one goal, and the following season he had a loan spell at Leamington, where he played four league games. ^[4] In January 2014 Morris, along with fellow Walsall youth prospects Matt Preston and Danny Griffiths joined up with Icelandic side ÍBV—managed by former Walsall player Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson—on trial. ^[5] All three played in a 2–1 loss against Stjarnan in a pre-season tournament, but were not taken on by ÍBV and subsequently returned to Walsall. ^[6]

Morris joined Wrexham on loan until the end of the season on 30 January 2015. ^[7] During his loan spell with the Red Dragons, he was impressive as he scored a brace in Wrexham's FA Trophy Semi Final 2nd leg victory over Torquay United on 28 February 2015 as well as the winning goal in the Cross-border derby against Chester on 7 March 2015.

He was released by Walsall at the end of the 2018–19 season., ^[8] before signing for Tranmere Rovers on 26 June 2019. ^[9]

In May 2020, Morris was named ' Tranmere Player of the Season' for the 2019/20 season. ^[10]

Morris signed a new two-year contract with the option for a third year at the end of the 2021–22 season. ^[11]

Career statistics

As of end of 2021–22 season

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Walsall	2012–13 [12]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2013–14 [13]	League One	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	2014–15 [14]	League One	14	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	15	3
	2015–16 [15]	League One	33	3	4	0	3	0	2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	42	3
	2016–17 [16]	League One	35	5	0	0	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 2]	1	37	6
	2017–18 [17]	League One	42	3	1	0	1	0	4 [lower-alpha 2]	0	48	3
	2018–19 [18]	League One	17	2	3	0	2	1	4 [lower-alpha 2]	2	26	5
	Total		143	15	7	0	9	2	11	3	170	20
Worcester City (loan)	2012–13 [19]	Conference North	8	1	0	0	—		0	0	8	1
Leamington (loan)	2013–14 [19]	Conference North	4	0	0	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	5	0
Wrexham (loan)	2014–15 [19]	Conference Premier	9	2	0	0	—		4 [lower-alpha 3]	2	13	4
Tranmere Rovers (loan)	2018–19 [18]	League Two	14	1	0	0	0	0	3 [lower-alpha 4]	0	17	1
Tranmere Rovers	2019–20 [20]	League One	34	2	6	3	1	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	0	43	5
	2020–21 [21]	League Two	42	5	3	0	1	0	9 [lower-alpha 5]	2	55	7
	2021–22 [22]	League Two	37	5	1	0	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	40	5
	Total		113	12	10	3	3	0	12	2	138	17
Career total			291	31	17	3	12	2	29	7	351	43

1. One appearance in Football League Trophy and one in League One play-offs
2. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
3. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
4. Appearance(s) in the League Two play-offs
5. 7 appearances and two goals in EFL Trophy and two appearances in League Two play-offs

Honours

Wrexham

• FA Trophy runner-up: 2014–15 ^[23]

Tranmere Rovers

• EFL League Two play-offs: 2019 ^[24]
• EFL Trophy runner-up: 2020–21 ^[25]

Individual

• Tranmere Rovers Player of the Year: 2019–20 ^[26]

References

1. "Professional retain lists & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. May 2013. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
2. "Amadou Bakayoko". 11v11. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
3. "Stoke 3-1 Walsall". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
4. "K. Morris". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
5. Magnús Már Einarsson (8 January 2014). "Þrír frá Walsall með ÍBV í Fótbolta.net mótinu" [Three from Walsall with ÍBV in Fótbolti.net tournament] (in Icelandic). Fótbolti.net. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
6. Hafliði Breiðfjörð (11 January 2014). "Siggi Raggi: Möguleiki að skoða fleiri leikmenn Walsall" [Siggi Raggi: A possibility of taking a look at more Walsall players] (in Icelandic). Fótbolti.net. Retrieved 1 June 2014.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
7. "MORRIS HEADS OUT ON LOAN". Walsall FC. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
8. "Walsall: New Saddlers boss releases 11 players following relegation to League Two". BBC Sport. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
9. "Permanent TRFC deal for Morris". www.tranmererovers.co.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
10. "2019/20 Not End of Season Awards". YouTube .
11. "Kieron Morris signs new contract!". www.tranmererovers.co.uk. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
12. "Games played by Kieron Morris in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
13. "Games played by Kieron Morris in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
14. "Games played by Kieron Morris in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
15. "Games played by Kieron Morris in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
16. "Games played by Kieron Morris in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
17. "Games played by Kieron Morris in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
18. "Games played by Kieron Morris in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
19. "England – K. Morris – Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
20. "Games played by Kieron Morris in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
21. "Games played by Kieron Morris in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
22. "Games played by Kieron Morris in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
23. Aled Williams (29 March 2015). "North Ferriby United 3–3 Wrexham (5–4 on pens)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
24. Pearlman, Michael (25 May 2019). "Newport County 0–1 Tranmere Rovers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
25. Pilnick, Brent (14 March 2021). "Sunderland 1–0 Tranmere Rovers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
26. "Matchday in feature: Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale". EFL. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

External links

• Kieron Morris at Soccerbase